Saturday, February 10, 2018

Switched Buildings (Post Office & Church, New Zealand)




Stuff [New Zealand]
11 February 2018


SKARA BOHNY

"I remember saying, 'That's a funny-looking post office,' and that's when they told me," said Havelock local Pete McCaffrey.

"What happened is, they were going to build a church in Havelock North, and a post office here in Havelock, but they sent the plans to the wrong places, so we ended up with a church that was meant to be a post office and they ended up with a post office that was meant to be a church." […]

Despite no clear evidence, and some experts refuting the story, the myth seems tantalisingly plausible. […]